Following
my spiritual musings from last Sunday, I came across this reflection from
Norman Shanks on ‘Church Renewal’ (“This is the Day”, published 2003, Iona
Community) which I found quite helpful/hopeful:
“The Church’s vocation in each and every
locality is to be a worshipping, healing, learning, serving community,
faithfully living by the vales of the kingdom, modelling and embodying a
counter-cultural vision, looking and reaching out beyond itself with a wider
vision, to discover the light and love of God in engagement with the life of
the world, standing up and speaking out against all that diminishes and
disempowers humanity. In doing so it will dream and explore; it will be open,
flexible and ready to take risks; it will be generous, hospitable and ready to
celebrate; it will not be a ghetto but keen to co-operate and engage; it will
be a transforming community – influencing others for good, and being
transformed itself in the process; it will be resilient and persistent, however
hard the way, and it will be marked by joy and an eagerness to celebrate.”
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